Re: What is God's Economy?
Just to add one more thing to this trees discussion: remember that Jesus came to take the punishment for the sin of the world.
Adam and Eve disobeyed and were punished with death. Same with us. That is why Jesus had to come, obeying the Father, to take our death punishment upon Himself.
And it makes all the sense in the world for The Book that speaks of this gospel would start out with a story that feeds right into why Jesus had to come for us.
The first Adam was disobedient. The last Adam was obedient.
We were punished with death for our sins. He had to die; He had to take our punishment.
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